Three All Progressives Congress (APC) governors yesterday visited Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to woo into the ruling party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and former Governor Rashidi Ladoja. Led by National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni (Yobe), the governors also visited a leader of the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), Dr Kunle […]
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•Crisis festers in Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, Kwara, Zamfara, Rivers, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, others •Tension over marching order on petitions The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has directed the appeals panels set up last week to work on petitions arising from the just-concluded controversial ward congress, to strictly work with the party’s constitution and congress […]
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A victim of the clash identified as Nurudeem Ajetunmobi (Photo Credit: Olasunkanmi Akinlotan) Supporters of Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola and the Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, on Saturday engaged themselves in a bloody clash over the last party’s ward congress at its secretariat in Osogbo, leaving several persons with varying degrees of injuries. Both now […]
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Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has declared that Prof. Chukwuma Soludo is the best person to succeed him as the next governor of the state. He spoke at the 2021 New Yam Festival of Isuofia Community in Aguata Local Government Area held at Isuofia Civic Center on Saturday. Soludo is the governorship standard bearer […]
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, will its local government congresses in the first week of next month, September according to the party’s Caretaker Extra Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). CECPC Secretary, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday just as he refuted reports that the Caretaker Committee has indefinitely […]
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Rallies Governors, National Assembly principal officers, others Ahead of the 2023 poll, some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have called for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.The group, Progressives Consolidation Group (PCG), led by Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed and Dr Eberechukwu Eli Dibia, said it has reached out to […]
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The release of the timetable for next year’s governorship election in Ekiti State has increased the tempo of activities in the state. Correspondent Rasaq Ibrahim examines the level of preparedness and prospects of the two major political parties. The race for the governorship election in Ekiti State has commenced, following release of the timetable by […]
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state governors, Godwin Obaseki (Edo) (left); Umar Fintiri (Adamawa); Bala Mohammed (Bauchi); Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Chairman, PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto); Seyi Makinde (Oyo) (Behind) Tambuwal; Samuel Ortom (Benue); Emmanuel Udom (Akwa Ibom); Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) briefing journalists after an emergency meeting in Abuja…yesterday. Photo: Philip […]
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Six NWC members: Chairman must go ‘I won’t resign from office’ Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors will today decide the fate of National Chairman Uche Secondus after consultation with party elders. The main opposition party remained polarised yesterday over Secondus. The party’s governors met yesterday on the raging controversy. After the meeting they announced that […]
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Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governors will reconvene today to resolve the lingering leadership crisis rocking the party. A meeting of the governors on the same issue yesterday hit the rocks forcing the state chief executives to reconvene today Tuesday. The meeting was summoned to determine whether or not the National Chairman of the party, Prince […]
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